Hong Kong banks compare pandemic stress test with epidemic reality
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Last October, nearly four dozen banks in Hong Kong confronted a nightmare "stress test" scenario: a pandemic that swept through the city, followed by a major cyberattack and a telecoms breakdown.In the simulation, a fast-spreading disease led to as much as a third of the workforce not showing up, and the electronic chaos disrupted what remained of everyday operations.Months later, part of that hypothetical came true as the then-unnamed SARS-CoV-2 exploded onto the..